The newly sworn-in Chief Justice
of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, says his administration will focus on
fighting corruption in the judiciary.
“Anybody who is not satisfied
with the job and he wants money, the judiciary or judicial line is not a place
for money-making,” Mr Muhammad said.
Earlier on Wednesday, Mr Muhammad was sworn by President Muhammadu Buhari at the
council chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He was cleared by the Senate last
week after his name was submitted to the lawmakers by the president.
Speaking with State House
correspondents after the swearing-in, Mr Muhammad admitted that there is
corruption within the judiciary system.
He explained that some people
were posing as “go-between, which is between a judge and perhaps somebody who
is standing trial.”
These ‘go-betweens’, he said, “go
around asking people for money here and there” to settle judges and facilitate
judgments.
“I’m sure any judge or any
justice who is in his real sense can never ask somebody to go and collect money
for him because he knows that he is being paid by the government for what he
does,” he said.
Nigeria’s judicial system has
always faced allegations of corrupt practices with the most recent involving
senior judges.
It was such a scenario that led
to the appointment of Mr Muhammad as CJN.
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